Reinforced-sheet-metal end wall for railway-cars



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V. E REINFORCED SHEET METAL END WALL FOR RAILWAY CARS.

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REINFORCED SHEET METAL END WALL FOB RAILWAYCAHS. APPLICATION FILED JULY24,1919.

1,38%790 Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

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amroncnn-snnEr-METAL' END WALL ron RAILWAY-CARS.

speeinfauon of Letters Patent.

'Patented Aug. a, 1921.

Original application led December 10, `1915, Serial No. 66,127. PatentNo. 1,324,569, dated December 9, 1919. Divided and this application ledvJuly 24, 1919i Serial 170,312,898.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it Vknown that I VIN'roN E.' SrssQN, a citizen'of the United States,residin at @h1- cago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and use-f ful Improvements fin Reinforced-Sheet-Metal' -End Walls for Railway-Cars, of

which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway cars and moreparticularly box cars and has for its principal object to pro vide asheet metal end wall fo-r arailway car which will be reinforced in anovel manner so that it will be capable of withstanding the cargothrusts and other -stresses and impacts to which the end wall of a ca ris'subjected Awhen in service. i

'A further object is to .provide a sheet' steel end wall for a railwaycar composed of overlapping` panels formed with reinforced ribs oroff-sets which are se disposed on the panels thatl they constitute loadcarrying members and maybe formed by a cold pressing. process. Becauseof the latter feature, the cost of manufacturin'g is considerablyreduced. i

The invention consists in the novel arrangements, constructions andcombinations to be hereinafter described and claimed for carrying outthe above stated objects and such other objectsas may appear in thefollowing description.

The inventlon is illustrated in a preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawings whereinl Figure 1 is a fragmentary end elevation.l

of the superstructure of a box car provided vwith the sheet metalreinforcing wall of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1..

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4c is a side viewl in elevation of one end of the car shown in thepreceding gures, and v i Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view ofthe end ofthe car with the roof boards removed.

Like characters ofreference ldesignate like parts in the severalVfigures of the' drawings. Referring to the drawings, the corner postsof the car are shown at 10, the end sill at 11, the flooring at 12 andthe side sheathing at 13. It will be understood that my larly inFig..5.f These flan es overlap each other and are secured toget er byrivets 22 so as to provide in effect va continuous angle vacross the caron which'the purlins 23 and' the rid e pole 24 are supported. The outerends-o the iianges 1'8-21v rest uponand are riveted to angular brackets25 secured. to the side plates 26 of the car. The ridge pole 24 ispreferably secured tothe Aflanges 19 20 and this connection isreinforced by a plate 27. 28 designates filler blocks interposed betweenthe purlins and.between the purlins andthe ridge pole closing the`spaceabove the flanges 18, 19,20 and 21 and below the roof boards 29. The endof the car has the usual fascia plate 30. The lower edges of panels areformed with inturned flanges 31, 32, 33 and 34c'which are preferablysub-` stantially the same as the flanges at the upper edges of the sheetand are secured to the end sill 11. 'Each of the four panels is formedalong one of itslvertical edges with a hollow off-set or rib 35. Thisoff-sety portion of the panel overlaps the vertical edge of the adjacentpanel which is' secured' thereto by two lines of rivets 36 lying' onopposite sides of the rib. These ribs are preferably open at oppositeends and'fall short of the edges of the body portion so as to permit thehorizontal edges of the panels lto be bent over to provide the flangeshereinbefore described. The outer edges of the panels 14, 17 are formedwith angular flanges 37 which are secured to the side framing of thecar, for example, by bolts 38 which extend through the corner posts 10.38a are,attaching plates riveted to the flanges 37 of the' side panelsand secured to the side plates 26 of the car.

39 are angular strips secured preferably, to

the side girths 4() of the car extending around ally stron(rv to checkweaving strains in the car roof. Q[t will also be noted that theVertical ribs 35 extending substantially from the flooring to the roofof the car provide rigid members for supporting a port1on of the roofload. By extending the edges of the adjacent sheets back of the hollowrib and riveting on opposite sides thereof box girders are providedwhich w1ll resist the various thrusts and strain due to the shifting ofthe cargo or other stresses 'to which a car end is subjected while inservice.

rlhe end structure above described is preferably provided with a woodeninner lining 44 which is spaced away from the sheet metal wall byspacing strips 45, the strips and the lining being secured to the metalwall by bolts 46. j e

This' application is a division of my application Serial Number 66,127,filed December 1'0, 1915, now Patent No. 1,324,569

granted December 9th, 1919.

l claim:

1. An end structure for a railway car comprising a plurality of sheetmetal panels in vertical arrangement one beside the other, the edges ofwhich overlap each other, one of said overlapping edges, in each case,being formed Lwith a pressed out rib providing a roof supporting postand the c orresponding edge `of the other panel being secured to sa1dfirst named panel, said panels being formed on their upper and loweredges with flanges and said hollow ribs falling short ofsaid flanges, ineach case.

2. Ah end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of sheetmetal panels which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of saidoverlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a reinforcing rib andthe corresponding edge of the other panel being secured to the firstnamed panel on opposite sidesof said rib, the edges of each paneltransverse to the aforesaid edges being formed with flanges and the saidrib terminating short of said flanges.

3. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of sheetmetal panels which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of saidoverlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a reinforcing rib andthe corresponding edge of the adjacent panel being secured to the firstnamed panel on opposite sides of said rib, vthe upper masacre-correspondingedge of the adjacent panel being secured to the firstnamed panel on opposite sides of said rib, the lower edge of one panelbeing formed with aliange which stops short of said rib and -theadjacent panel being formed with a flange which overlaps the firstmentioned ange.l

5. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metalsheets which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of saidoverlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a reinforcing ribwhich stops short of 'the upper and lower edges of the sheet on which itis formed and the said upper and lower edges being bent to provideflanges adapted to be secured to the framing of the-car.

6. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metalsheets lwhich overlap each other on vertical lines, one of saidoverlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a pressed reinforcingrib which is open at opposite ends and stops short of the upper andlower edges of the sheet on which it is formed and the said upper andlower edges being bent to provide flanges adapted to be secured to theframing of i the car.

7. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metalsheets which overlapeach other on Vertical-lines, one of saidoverlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a pressed reinforcinglrib which is open at opposite ends and stops short ofV the upper andlower edges of the sheet onA which it is formed and the said vupper andlower edges of each sheet being bent to provide flanges which overlapthe correspond-v ing flanges of the adjacent sheets.

8. An end structure for railway cars comprising a plurality of metalsheets which overlap each other on vertical lines, one of saidoverlapping edges, in each case, being formed with a hollow reinforcingrib which is open at opposite ends and stops short of the upper edge ofthe sheet on which it is said overlapping edges, in each case, beingformed with a hollow reinforcingk rib which is open at opposite ends andStops short of the upper edge of the sheet on which it is formed, thesaid upper edges of the sheets being bent over on oblique lines toprovide Hanges which increase in Width toward the side of the car incombination With the side and roof framing of the car, and gussets tosecure said flanges to said framing.

10. In an end structure for railway cars, the combination With the sideWalls, roof and underframing of a car, of a sheet metal end Wallcomprising a plurality of vertically arranged metal sheets extendingsubstantially from the floor to the roof of the car and overlapped andsecured together along vertical lines, one of the overlapping edges, ineach case, being formed With a pressed rib which is open at oppositeends and stops short of the upper and lower edges of the sheet on whichit is formed, the upper edges of the sheets being bent over on obliquelines, overlapped, and secured together and to the side and top framingof the car and the lower edges of the sheets being formed with inturnedoverlapping flanges secured to the underframing of the car.

VINTON E. SISSON.

